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New American Standard Bible
The more they went from
They kept
And
King James Version
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Holman Bible
the more they
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
International Standard Version
The more I called out to them, the farther they fled from me; they sacrificed to Baals, burning incense to carved images.
A Conservative Version
The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
American Standard Version
The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Amplified
The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience],
The more they went away from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to the carved images.
Bible in Basic English
When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.
Darby Translation
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
Julia Smith Translation
They called to them, thus they went from them: they will sacrifice to the Baals, and to the carved images they will burn incense.
King James 2000
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I called them, they went from my face. They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.
Modern King James verseion
As they called them, so they went from them. They sacrifice to the Baals, and burn incense to graven images.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the more they were called, the more they went back, offering unto Idols, and censing Images.
NET Bible
But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
New Heart English Bible
They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
The Emphasized Bible
They invited them, - at once, they departed from before me, they, to the Baals, sacrificed, and, to the images, offered incense.
Webster
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
World English Bible
They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 11:2
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Context Readings
God Will Have Compassion
1
When Israel was a boy, I loved him and called my son out of Egypt.
2
The more they went from
They kept
And
Cross References
Hosea 2:13
And I will visit upon her the times of the Baals, unto whom she burned incense, and she adorned herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, oblivious of me, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 65:7
For your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore, I will measure their former work into their bosom.
Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not trodden;
Hosea 11:7
Meanwhile, my people adhere to the rebellion against me though they call unto me upon High; absolutely none at all wish to exalt me.
Hosea 13:1-2
When Ephraim spoke everyone feared, he was exalted in Israel; but he was found guilty in Baal and died.
Deuteronomy 29:2-4
Moses, therefore, called unto all Israel and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh and unto all his slaves and unto all his land,
Judges 2:13
And they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Judges 3:7
And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and forgot the LORD their God and served the Baalim and the groves.
Judges 10:6
And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD and served the Baalim and Ashtaroth and the gods of Syria and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the sons of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines and forsook the LORD and did not serve him.
1 Samuel 8:7-9
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them.
1 Kings 12:33
So he sacrificed upon the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month which he had devised of his own heart, and made a feast unto the sons of Israel; and he climbed up on the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings 16:31-32
for it was as a light thing unto him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and he took to wife Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
1 Kings 18:19
Now therefore send and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the groves, who eat at Jezebel's table.
2 Kings 17:13-16
Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my slaves the prophets.
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by the hand of his messengers, rising up early, and sending because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet many years didst thou forbear them and didst protest against them with thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets; yet they did not hear; therefore, thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the land.
Isaiah 30:9-11
That this is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons that did not desire to hear the law of the LORD:
Jeremiah 35:13
Thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye never receive chastisement hearkening to my words? said the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:15-17
Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Zechariah 1:4
Do not be as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, said the LORD.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in those that are saved and in those that perish;